March 18, 2015, 1:55PM

Many residents of Okuma, a village near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant, are angry about government plans to dump some 30 million tons of radioactive debris raked up after the March 2011 nuclear disaster in a sprawling waste complex on their doorstep. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

March 18, 2015, 1:55PM

March 18, 2015, 1:55PM

Few believe Tokyo's assurances that the site will be cleaned up and shut down after 30 years. In the four years since the disaster, Japan has allocated over $15 billion to lower radiation levels around the plant. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

March 18, 2015, 1:55PM

Men wearing radiation protective masks work in front of big black plastic bags containing radiated grass from the decontamination operation as cranes and chimneys of Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are seen in the background. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

March 18, 2015, 1:55PM

March 18, 2015, 1:55PM

Eiichi Shincho, 67, walks in the spot where his house, which was washed away by the March 11, 2011 tsunami, used to stand inside the exclusion zone in Okuma town, near Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant February 23, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

March 18, 2015, 1:55PM

March 18, 2015, 1:55PM

Norio Kimura, 49, who lost his father, wife and daughter in the March 11, 2011 tsunami, walks to where his house, which was washed away by massive waves, used to stand inside the exclusion zone in Okuma town, near Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant February 23, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

March 18, 2015, 1:55PM

March 18, 2015, 1:50PM

People who were evacuated from Okuma, a town inside the exclusion zone attend a town hall meeting as Toshitsuna Watanabe (top), Mayor of Okuma town stands to speak at a temporary housing complex in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima prefecture, February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

March 18, 2015, 1:50PM

Tomoko Hoshino, 78, who was evacuated from Okuma, a town inside the exclusion zone, cries as she attends a town hall meeting with the town officials at a temporary housing complex in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima prefecture, February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

March 18, 2015, 1:50PM

Tomoko Hoshino, 78, and her husband Akira (R), 79, who were evacuated from Okuma, a town inside the exclusion zone, talk at their house in a temporary housing complex in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima prefecture, February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

March 18, 2015, 1:50PM

A monument and a stone statue of Jizo for victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, are seen near big black plastic bags containing radiated soil, leaves and debris from the decontamination operation at a temporary storage site in Tomioka town. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

March 18, 2015, 1:50PM

March 18, 2015, 1:50PM

A school jersey that belonged to Yuna Kimura, the youngest daughter of the Kimura family, who was swept away by the tsunami of March 11, 2011, is displayed at a temple inside the exclusion zone in Okuma town. The label on the jersey says, " Kumamachi Elementary School, First Grade Second Class, Yuna Kimura." Japan is trying to build a...